Humtah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hum'tah. (Place Of Lizards). A city of Judah; one of those in the mountain districts, next to Hebron.  Joshua 15:54.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

This was a city of Judah. ( Joshua 15:54) Humtah is the Hebrew word for snail.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HUMTAH . A city of Judah (  Joshua 15:54 ). The site is doubtful.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in the hill country of Judah, near to Hebron.  Joshua 15:54 . Not identified.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city of Judah in the mountain district ( Joshua 15:54).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:54

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chuntcah', חֻמְטָה , prob. from the Syr. Fortress, otherwise Place Of Lizards; Sept. Ἀμματά v.r. Εὐμά and Χαμματά ; Vulg. Athmatha), a town in the mountains of Judah, mentioned between Aphekah and Hebron ( Joshua 15:54), apparently in the district lying immediately west of Hebron (Keil, Comment. ad loc.). It is not mentioned by any other ancient writer (Reland, Palcest. p. 723) except Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s. v, Ἀματά , Ammatha). There is some resemblance between the name and that of Kimath ( Κιμάθ ), one of the places added in the Vat. text of the Sept. to the list in the Heb. text of  1 Samuel 30:27-31. It possibly corresponds with the ruined site marked as Sabzin (or Ramet El-Alineh) on Van de Velde's Map at 1l miles north of Hebron, just west of the Jerusalem road.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hum´ta ( חמטה , ḥumṭāh ): An unidentified place mentioned between Aphekah and Hebron in the mountain of Judah (  Joshua 15:54 ).